2016-12-18 9:31 GMT+01:00 Serhiy Storchaka :
> Originally C API didn't use the const qualifier. Over few last years the
> const qualifier was added to C API if that preserved backward compatibility.
> For example input "char *" parameters were changed to "const char *". This
> makes C API compatibl
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On 12/18/2016 07:54 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On 18 December 2016 at 18:31, Serhiy Storchaka
> wrote:
>
>> Later I'm planning following changes:
>>
>> * Add the const qualifier to the result of functions that return
>> references to internal repres
On 18 December 2016 at 18:31, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> Later I'm planning following changes:
>
> * Add the const qualifier to the result of functions that return
> references to internal representation of immutable objects, like
> PyBytes_AS_STRING() or PyUnicode_DATA(). While CPython internally
Originally C API didn't use the const qualifier. Over few last years the
const qualifier was added to C API if that preserved backward
compatibility. For example input "char *" parameters were changed to
"const char *". This makes C API compatible with C++, eliminates C
compiler warnings, and h
